CHEERS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7577.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaHOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 41, March 7, 2024, Page H1033):
  U.S. Constitution Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes . . .'' The single subject of this legislation is: The bill would amend the tax code to treat energy efficient kegs and keg property as efficient commercial building property for purposes of the energy efficient commercial buildings deduction.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  350 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7577, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7577

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b410306306f10ba348842e4a8adb5ef8335a061b2c3092ac3fbd57596c1317e7

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7577, last updated December 19, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.